Oliver Smiddy

Citadel Capital has sealed a successful rights issue, leaving the business well-positioned to capitalise on opportunities in the MENA region, according to co-founder Hisham El-Khazindar (pictured).

Permira is close to sealing its latest investment in the US, having tabled a binding $1.5bn offer for software company Genesys.

The Truell brothers have joined with other investors to provide funding to a fledgling technology group, Lysanda.

As the firm toasts one of the biggest European final fund closes since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, EQT is hard at work planning its next exit: the sale of Danish business KMD.

F&C Investments' climate change-focused fund of funds aims to raise up to €100m.

The executive chairman of KKR-owned Alliance Boots praised PE's ownership model but argued the global economy had to cure the ‘disease of debt’ at the BVCA Summit in London on Thursday.

3i's Michael Queen argues the biggest question facing European PE firms was how best to access growth in emerging markets like China, a market he said would have to change.

Boutique investment bank The Raine Group has closed its first private equity fund and made a raft of senior appointments.

European buyout firm EQT has agreed its fifth exit of the year, selling a Finnish technology business for €195m. The deal comes as the firm prepares a final close for its latest €4.75bn buyout fund.

The former CEOs of RBS Americas and Golden Telecom have launched a telecommunications- and financial services-focused vehicle targeting €500m in commitments.